It was a big day of winners at the Asian Poker Tour Manila 2016 held at the APT Poker Room in the Waterfront Manila Pavilion Hotel and Casino with four players claiming trophies and getting their celebratory photo shoot on the awarding stage. Below is a short recap of the events:

Boswell wins the Monster Stack event, bags his second trophy

Monster Stack Champion, Brandon Boswell

The two-day Monster Stack event had a thrilling finish with USA’s Brandon Boswell defeating Filipino MosesSaquing with a straight flush to capture the PHP294,900 first place cash prize and his second event trophy of the festival. While there were many pros and regulars in the field, it was the newcomers and recreational players who ran the deepest. Coming in fifth place was Taiwan’s Liu Chung Kang followed by USA’s William Mcauley in 4th place. Mcauley recently won the NLH 1 Day event eliminating Korea’s JuYoung Lee at heads up. Interestingly, Lee happened to be the 3rd place finisher in this event. He was eliminated by Saquing with J-7 landing two pair against Lee’s J-10 on a board of 5-8-J-7-3.

Entering the heads up round, Saquing held a 2:1 chip lead against Boswell. Both players attacked each other’s stacks until Boswell claimed a big pot to even it up. During the hand, the blinds were 8K/16K ante 2K, Saquing limped in and Boswell checked on the big blind. At the flop of 7♥K♥5♣, Boswell checked to Saquing who bet 20k, Boswell answered with a check-raise to 60k, Saquing fired out a three-bet of 160k, then Boswell shoved. Saquing folded. After several more hands of pots awarded back and forth, Saquing climbed to 4:1 in chips with his J-9 felting two pair on the river against Boswell’s K-10 top pair on a board of K-J-2-4-9.

Despite the loss, Boswell battled back winning many pots with uncalled shoves and raises until it evened up once again. The dramatic final hand was then dealt with both players all in on a flop of 3♣9♣J♠. Boswell had 4♣5♣ and Saquing with K♦Q♣. The turn of 7♣ heard a loud roar from Boswell who completed a flush, but with the river still to come, Saquing could overtake with a higher flush. As Boswell chanted “no club”, the river felted a 6♣ giving Saquing a flush. Thinking he had lost, Boswell looked dismayed while Saquing celebrated. But a quick look back at the felt showed Boswell with a straight flush and the victory celebration quickly switched sides. With both players having exactly the same stack, Boswell shipped it all in and claimed the trophy.

The Ante Only event saw a newcomer rise to the top, Japan’s Takuya Inada. Inada had to overcome two of the toughest players in the field, Japan’s Iori Yogo and Slovenia’s Casey Kastle to claim the first place prize of P91,300 and his first-ever APT trophy.

Irishman Gary Thompson may not have bagged the Main Event, but he did receive a side event title after winning the MegaSportsWorld Deepstack Turbo event late last night. Thompson overcame a field of 33 players to claim the first place purse of P62,000 and the event trophy.

Related Articles

The first Asian Poker Tour festival of the year wrapped up its opening day at Resorts World Manila with lots of action at the felt. The APT Kickoff 2017 saw the NLH Welcome Event close up with the Final 8... Read more

The Final 8 of the Main Event has been established! The Asian Poker Tour saw 31 players return to the felt for Day 2 of the APT Manila 2016 Main Event at the APT Poker Room in the Waterfront Manila... Read more

The Asian Poker Tour finished up the final entry flight of the APT Main Event at the APT Poker Room in Waterfront Manila Pavilion Hotel and Casino with two-time champion Korea’s Jeon Seung Soo dominating the field to bag up the... Read more

The Asian Poker Tour concluded the first day one flight of its ongoing APT Manila 2016 highlight Main Event at the APT Poker Room in the Waterfront Manila Pavilion Hotel and Casino. At the time of bagging, only two players crossed... Read more

The Asian Poker Tour Manila 2016 wrapped up three side events late last night at the APT Poker Room in the Waterfront Manila Pavilion Hotel and Casino. Although the fields were light, it was a star-studded day with trophies going... Read more

APT Kickoff Vietnam 2018 Photo Gallery

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) was founded in 2008 and after a string of successful tournaments,
the APT seeks to continue positioning itself as the premier poker tournament in Asia.
Its growing popularity as a highly respected poker tour is a testament to its goal of
bringing world-class poker experience in Asia.
As a result, the Asian Poker Tour continues to be highly anticipated by poker players
and enthusiasts in Asia and all over the world.